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In the wake of the successful pushback against the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood, the Obama administration should listen to the majority of Americans: The United States, including Catholics, is strongly pro-choice.
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In an extended interview, co-authors Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith discuss the life of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara and the chilling story behind his murder by the Bolivian military. In their book, "Who Killed Che?" Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing. [includes rush transcript]
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Monday, December 21, 2009
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- UN Climate Talks End in Failure Without Binding Deal
- 23 Climate Protesters Arrested in Australian Coal Protest
- Key Procedural Healthcare Vote Passes in Senate
- Feingold Blasts White House for Not Supporting Public Option
- Study: $635 Million Spent on Healthcare Lobbying
- Report: Obama Ordered US Military Strike on Yemen
- Senate Approves $636 Billion Military Spending Bill
- Prominent Iranian Dissident Cleric is Buried
- Mother of Detained American Hiker Pleas for Iran to Release Daughter
- Israel Arrests Palestinian Coordinator of Stop the Wall Campaign
- Rights Group Urges US to Ratify UN Women’s Rights Treaty
- Report: White Businesses Received Vast Majority of Stimulus Loans
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Health Bill Passes Key Senate Hurdle; Legislation Restricts Abortion Funding, Stripped of Public Option, Medicare Expansion
The Senate took a big step toward passing its sweeping healthcare bill early today. Shortly after 1:00 a.m., the Senate voted 60-40 along party lines to break a Republican filibuster and approve a motion to move the legislation to final passage later this week. The legislation has no public option, no expansion of Medicare eligibility, and includes restrictions on the use of federal funding for abortions. We speak with Salon.com blogger, Glenn Greenwald. [includes rush transcript]
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US-Led Copenhagen Accord Decried as Flawed, Undemocratic
The climate summit in Copenhagen came to a close Saturday with the world’s nations reluctantly agreeing to "take note of" but not endorse a non-binding accord President Obama announced Friday night. The twelve-page agreement seeks to limit global warming to a maximum of a two degree Celsius rise in temperature. But it does not specify targets for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. We speak with Guardian columnist George Monbiot and Lucia Green-Weiskel of the China-based organization Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation. [includes rush transcript]
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on How to Tackle Climate Change: "We Must Go from Capitalism to Socialism"
We speak with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez about climate change, the Copenhagen summit and President Obama. Chavez calls the COP15 summit undemocratic and accuses world leaders of only seeking a face-saving agreement. "We must reduce all the emissions that are destroying the planet," Chavez says. "That requires a change in the economic model: we must go from capitalism to socialism." [includes rush transcript]
